Dr.-Ing. J├Ârn Hurtienne

Focus of work

Image schemas in human-machine-interaction

Design for intuitive use

Usability methods in product design

Usability Management

Ergonomic quality of software and stress at the work-place

Career progression

since 12/04 Postgraduate student at the Research Training Group prometei (Prospective Design of Human-Technology-Interaction) at the TU Berlin, research project on "Image Schemas in Human-Machine-Interaction"

01/01 to 11/04bao ? B├╝ro f├╝r Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie GmbH in Berlin: Senior Consultant; project manager and later head of the division "Software Ergonomics & Usability Engineering"; research on usability management in SAP implementation-projects, studies on the impact of ergonomic quality of software on the stress and strain of office workers.

02/98 to 02/00Student assistant at the Chair of Cognitive Ergonomics / engineering psychology, Humboldt-University, Berlin: ergonomic evaluation of the software used in the initiative "Schulen ans Netz" ("Connecting Schools to the Net")